To return to the use of concepting, which interests me entirely, and which I'd thought to be modern-ish -- I should say, contemporary-ish -- marketing lexicon, I find in the OED concept, the verb: Obs. rare. toconceive (in the womb). See also concepted. 1643 R. O. Man's Mort. It [the Soul] is concepted in the womb through the concurrence of the seed of both sexes.

To return to the use of concepting, which interests me entirely, and which I'd thought to be modern-ish -- I should say, contemporary-ish -- marketing lexicon, I find in the OED concept, the verb: Obs. rare. toconceive (in the womb). See also concepted. 1643 R. O. Man's Mort. It [the Soul] is concepted in the womb through the concurrence of the seed of both sexes.

There's an interesting spike in the past participle in 1820. As in the year John Smith had visions. And the year we started eating tomatoes.

It doesn't get used much between that and the end of the John Brown era.

Oh my gosh, what a cool tool! I graphed one of my favorite obsolete substantives, elver, and the Viewer came back with a surprising spike between 1671 and 1692 -- in fact, references fell from an absolute high to zero in 1692. Why? A surfeit of eels?

Click on the date breakdowns at the bottom and it will show you the actual references in Google Books.

Thanks. Oh my gosh.

This from Daniel Defoe: Cainsham River is noted for producing Multitudes of little Eels in the Spring of the Year : these the People catch, when they are about two Inches long ; and, having boiled them, they make them into small Cakes, for Sale. These Elver-cakes they dispose of at Bath and Bristol; and, when they are fried, and eaten with Butter -- nothing is more delicious.

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Oh my gosh, what a cool tool! I graphed one of my favorite obsolete substantives, elver, and the Viewer came back with a surprising spike between 1671 and 1692 -- in fact, references fell from an absolute high to zero in 1692. Why? A surfeit of eels?